Company Number:SC001728
Date of Incorporation: 10 April 1888
Contact Details: Pacific house (second Floor), 70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, G2 6UB
Operating Details: Dissolved 25 May 2005
Other names (if known):
Function of Company*: Dormant (9999), previously preparation and spinning of cotton (1711)
Headquarters/Base of Operations Location:
Area of Operation:
*Taken from Standard Industrial Classification 2003, as used by Companies House in 2010
Scope/type of records: Minute books 1888-1962; Registers 1886-1962; General and departmental ledgers 1898-1901; Private ledgers 1890-1897; Miscellaneous ledgers 1888-1890; General cash books ; annual returns 1912-1947; Miscellaneous - Handbook of Peter Kerr 1860-1869.
Conditions governing access/use: Standard GUAS collection rules
Related records: See other textiles collections held by Glasgow University, especially Records of J & P Coats Ltd.
GB/NNAF/B3334, Reference : NRA(S)3151; Journal of Kerr & Co Ltd (Paisley Museum, Art Gallery and Coats Observatory)
Company History
Kerr & Co Ltd, cotton manufacturers and selling agents, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, was incorporated with limited liability on 10 April 1888, with their registered office at Underwood Mills, Paisley. The capital of the company was £250,000. In July 1895, J & P Coats Ltd, thread manufacturers, Paisley, agreed to buy, as a going concern, the company's business. In 1908, the company converted to a private company. In 1950, Machine Cottons Ltd, thread distributors, Glasgow, Scotland, were given power of attorney to deal with all matters concerning trade marks in Brazil. In 1951 and 1954 the company sold to J & P Coats Ltd, as a going concern, their business in the UK and all other parts of the world. Kerr & Co Ltd also appear to be selling agents for other business, for example in Australia and New Zealand, though they used selling agents themselves, for example La Plata Reel Cotton Co Ltd, selling agents, Glasgow, in Paraguay. The records in 1892 mention a strained relationship with The Central Agency, (later The Central Agency Ltd) selling agents for J & P Coats Ltd, Glasgow, possibly due to competition. A manufacturing agreement was entered into in 1934 between the company and United Thread Mills Ltd, thread manufacturers, Glasgow. In 1936, a contract was entered into with Romanofir SAR, thread manufacturers and spinners, Romania, whereby the company supplied complete working drawings for the election of buildings and purchased and supervised the erection of plant and machinery in Romania. In 1940, J & P Coats Ltd was appointed as the company's agent for trade mark purposes. In 2002, Kerr & Co Ltd was still active, with their base at Wellington Street, Glasgow, though the company was dissolved in 2007 after a period of lying dormant.
Kerr and Company Limited
Company Number:SC001728
Date of Incorporation: 10 April 1888
Contact Details: Pacific house (second Floor), 70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, G2 6UB
Operating Details: Dissolved 25 May 2005
Other names (if known):
Function of Company*: Dormant (9999), previously preparation and spinning of cotton (1711)
Headquarters/Base of Operations Location:
Area of Operation:
*Taken from Standard Industrial Classification 2003, as used by Companies House in 2010
Records
Held By: Glasgow University Archive Services GB 248 UGD199/20
Scope/type of records: Minute books 1888-1962; Registers 1886-1962; General and departmental ledgers 1898-1901; Private ledgers 1890-1897; Miscellaneous ledgers 1888-1890; General cash books ; annual returns 1912-1947; Miscellaneous - Handbook of Peter Kerr 1860-1869.
Conditions governing access/use: Standard GUAS collection rules
Related records: See other textiles collections held by Glasgow University, especially Records of J & P Coats Ltd.
GB/NNAF/B3334, Reference : NRA(S)3151; Journal of Kerr & Co Ltd (Paisley Museum, Art Gallery and Coats Observatory)
Company History
Kerr & Co Ltd, cotton manufacturers and selling agents, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, was incorporated with limited liability on 10 April 1888, with their registered office at Underwood Mills, Paisley. The capital of the company was £250,000. In July 1895, J & P Coats Ltd, thread manufacturers, Paisley, agreed to buy, as a going concern, the company's business. In 1908, the company converted to a private company. In 1950, Machine Cottons Ltd, thread distributors, Glasgow, Scotland, were given power of attorney to deal with all matters concerning trade marks in Brazil. In 1951 and 1954 the company sold to J & P Coats Ltd, as a going concern, their business in the UK and all other parts of the world. Kerr & Co Ltd also appear to be selling agents for other business, for example in Australia and New Zealand, though they used selling agents themselves, for example La Plata Reel Cotton Co Ltd, selling agents, Glasgow, in Paraguay. The records in 1892 mention a strained relationship with The Central Agency, (later The Central Agency Ltd) selling agents for J & P Coats Ltd, Glasgow, possibly due to competition. A manufacturing agreement was entered into in 1934 between the company and United Thread Mills Ltd, thread manufacturers, Glasgow. In 1936, a contract was entered into with Romanofir SAR, thread manufacturers and spinners, Romania, whereby the company supplied complete working drawings for the election of buildings and purchased and supervised the erection of plant and machinery in Romania. In 1940, J & P Coats Ltd was appointed as the company's agent for trade mark purposes. In 2002, Kerr & Co Ltd was still active, with their base at Wellington Street, Glasgow, though the company was dissolved in 2007 after a period of lying dormant.
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